AbstractCharge Nurses have a very difficult and demanding job. This is true for anyone, especially for a new graduate. It’s scary enough just to be a new nurse but assuming a charge nurse position is terrifying. Do you have the skills or knowledge it takes to be in charge? The charge nurse role is not often discussed while in nursing school. Leadership qualities are the key to making a great charge nurse a leader, but that leader must also have training. A charge nurse must be prepared for the day ahead, learning to be resourceful, how to place their most qualified staff with complex patients and how to deal with conflicts. A typical day in the life of a charge nurse may include entering orders, answering the phone, meeting the needs of patients, being prepared for a pending emergency, and the list goes on. The morning rounds with your physician discussing each patient’s needs individually can be difficult especially if you have a new visiting physician or you have been off for a few days and are not familiar with your patients.

The charge nurse position is often a job that no nurse truly wants to take on because of the responsibility that comes with the job. This job is often handed to a new graduate in many settings. The leadership that it takes to complete this job may often only come with experience in this position. This is a problem that often arises in the health care setting I work in. How does one determine whether a nurse is ready for the “charge” position? Does it take a check list provided by your nurse manager, experience, confidence or does it take all three? A checklist provided by your nursing manager might contain administrative daily duties that would make “a charge nurse”. The chief duties on this list could be delegating, utilization of resources, staffing, census, education, and collaborating with team members to manage...

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...Master's-Prepared Nurse Interview
Grand Canyon University
Theoretical Foundation for Nursing Roles and Practice
NUR-502
May 23, 2012
Master's-Prepared Nurse Interview
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Overview of Career
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...Running head: NURSE STAFFING
Nurse Staffing: Does One Size Fit All?
Iva Roach
Abstract
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Nurse Staffing: Does One Size Fit All?
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...﻿Factors Influencing Retention of Registered Nurses
in a Selected Private Hospital
in Bacolod City
A Thesis
Presented to
University of St. La Salle
Graduate School
In Partial Fulfillment
Of the Requirement for the Course
Methods of Research
Masters in Nursing
By:
Bayadog, April Anne
Bescaser, Karen Rose
Dominguez, Gezza Marie
APPROVAL SHEET
This research study entitled "Factors Affecting Retention of Registered Nurses in a Selected Private Hospital in Bacolod City” was prepared and submitted by April Anne O. Bayadog, Karen Rose Bescaser and Gezza Marie Dominguez in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree MASTER IN NURSING has been examined and evaluated and is hereby recommended for acceptance.
PANEL OF EVALUATORS
______________________________________ ________________________
JOCELYN MAY FLOR A. CADENA, Ph. D Mr. Roger Marapo
Dean, Graduate School Statistician
__________________________
Dr. Sheila M. Trajera
Research Adviser
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Accomplishments are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things or person brought together.
First of all, we would like to thank our Almighty God for the endless wisdom, infinite support and divine assistance He has blessed upon all of us. Indeed, what we are is His gift to us, and what we will become is our own gift to Him.
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...Chapter 1
THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND
Introduction
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The role of a nurse
I have been asked to research and write a report about the role of a nurse. The particular nursing profession I am going to write about is that of a Child nurse. The purpose of this report is to identify the duties of a Child nurse, and the training needed to qualify in this branch of nursing. To do this I am first going to explain the role of a Child nurse then I will look at the qualifications and attributes needed to work in this field.
Child nursing
Paediatric nurses deliver care in a variety of settings, including hospitals, schools, and within the community. They play a significant role in the care and well being of children, weather it being the first person to asses a Childs needs when it arrives in Accident and Emergency, or being a school nurse performing health checks. They are involved in the care and treatment of all children, from newborn babies to full grown adolescents. They have to deal with a range of situations, from sick children with health problems or those with broken bones, to children in suspected child abuse cases. The major factor that makes paediatric nursing so different from other branches is the way their patients communicate with them. Where an adult patient can identify their pain and express what they feel,...